Chest-protecting jacket



(No Model.)

0. P. JAYNES. CHEST PROTECTING JACKET.

No. 489,681. Patented Jan. 10, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

CHARLES P. JAYNES, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CHEST PROTECTING JACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,681, dated January10, 1893.

Application filed August 8, 1892. Serial No. 442,411. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. J AYNES, of Boston, county of Suffolk,State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Chest-Protecting Jackets, of which the following description, in connectionwith the accompany ing drawings, is a specification, like letters on thedrawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its objectto improve that class of jacketsusually worn between the body and outer shirt, and to obtain a superiorfit for the jacket.

My invention consists of a jacket having front and back connected at thesides by inherently elastic knitted pieces having selvages at top andbottom and integral pockets adjacent to such selvages, and elasticmaterial inserted in said pockets, all as I will proceed now moreparticularly to set forth and finally claim. The knitted fabric is soinserted that its greatest elasticityis transverse to the body, and theelastic web having its greatest elasticity in the same direction acts toalways secure a snug fit to the garment and prevent undue stretching ofthe knitted fabric, excessive stretching of the latter reducing itsnatural tendency to resume its normal condition after having beenstretched.

Figure 1, in perspective shows a jacket embodying my invention; and Fig.2, a section through the knitted side piece, showing the elastic web inits pockets.

The front A, and backBof the jacket, made preferably each of twothicknesses, as a, a. b, b, the material a, I), being chamois skin, andthe material a, I), being of flannel, or other suitable material, areand may be of any suitable cut and size, the front being unitedpreferably by studs 0 in holes cut through the material a, a, so thatthe jacket may be reversible at will according to whether the chamois orthe flannel side is desired next the body.

The sides D of the jacket are composed of knitted fabric connected atits ends to the material'of the back and front by the lines of stitchesd, d, and having a selvage edge top and bottom. The ribs of the knittedfabric run in the direction of the length of the jacket,

or from bottom to top, as partially shown in Fig. 1, the successivecourses of knitting running longitudinally or transverse to the body ofthe wearer and jacket so that the greatest elasticity of the knittedfabric is transverse of the body. To prevent undue stretching of thisknitted fabric, or stretching it so that it fails to exert its naturaltendency to recover itself, or to resist the stretching action, I haveprovided the knitted fabric, as herein shown, near its upper and loweredges in the jacket with pockets e in which I have placed elasticwebbing f of greater or less strength according to the size of thejacket. The ends of the Webbing are carefully secured to the material ofthe front and back of the jacket.

The knitted fabric shown, and which I prefer to use, is of the classknown as ribbed, and the body of the fabric between the pockets may becomposed of two threads knitted on two sets of needles arranged as inthe Lamb machine, each half of the pocket being formed by one thread onone rank of needles, while the other rank is left machine.

The bottom and top edges of the side pieces are made by uniting the twosets of threads into one fabric, as in the main body of the fabric, aswill be understood by one conversa nt with knitting machines, makingthereat a selvage edge. More than two pockets may be employed ifdesired.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

As an improved article of manufacture, a jacket having the front andback, and connecting side pieces, which side pieces are composed of aninherently elastic knitted fabric having selvages at top and bottom, andintegral pockets adjacent to said selvages at top and bottom, andelastic material in said pockets, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES P. J AYNES.

Witnesses:

A. E. DEAN, J OHN C. EDWARDS.

